Human Guided Learning

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-ld-teams-more-human-than-ever-christos-allen-5rqde

The importance of L&D Teams: More human than ever Back in 2014, I was involved in a piece of research exploring a simple but important question: How important is your L&D team? At the time, organisations were going through significant change. Downsizing was common.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/designing-learning-speed-change-just-catching-up-ourselves-allen-1wrte

Designing learning at the speed of change… or just catching up with ourselves? “Designing learning at the speed of change.” It’s a phrase doing the rounds in Learning & Development at the moment - with increasing confidence, as though it's only just been discovered.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creativity-contradiction-why-ai-exposing-replacing-human-allen-bisle

The creativity contradiction: Why AI is exposing, not replacing, human creativity We all say we want creativity in the workplace. Innovation.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-need-belong-why-matters-more-than-ever-2026-christos-allen-aqure

The human need to belong: Why it matters more than ever in 2026 In every workplace conversation about culture, performance, or innovation, one human need quietly sits at the centre of it all: belonging. Belonging is not a new idea.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centred-learning-missing-link-between-employee-engagement-jtrxe

Human-centred learning: The missing link between employee engagement and customer experience Why learning must sit at the heart of people-centred strategy Across industries today, many organisations are placing employees and customers at the heart of their strategic priorities. Leaders recognise that engaged employees and satisfied customers are not simply desirable outcomes, they are funda

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-inequality-workplace-learning-christos-allen-bkqyf

The hidden inequality in workplace learning As organisations embrace hybrid work, many learning practices still favour those physically present. If development continues to follow proximity, a growing number of people risk being left behind.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quiet-recalibration-christos-allen-b9see

The quiet recalibration Something subtle is happening. It doesn’t have a hashtag.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/learning-red-thread-how-lifelong-passion-shapes-work-life-allen-nr8te

Learning as the red thread: How a lifelong passion shapes work, life, and everything in between 🧵📚✨ By the age of five, I had already set up my first ‘learning business’. I propped a small table outside my bedroom door, laid out books, created a hand-drawn poster, and invited others to come in and read.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/training-human-mind-age-distraction-christos-allen-plhaf

Training the human mind in an age of distraction 🌿 We are living and working in the most information-rich era in history, yet many people feel more mentally stretched, distracted, and cognitively overloaded than ever before. Despite the sheer volume of information now available, it often feels like we’re being offered the same content, repackaged ...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-happens-when-learning-loses-its-humanity-christos-allen-yev7e

What happens when learning loses its humanity? 🧠 There’s a statistic that surprises people when they first hear it: young adults now report higher levels of loneliness than pensioners. At first glance, it feels wrong, right? Because today, younger people are more connected, more networked, and more ‘online’ than any generation before them.